ACTUARY

n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A registar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registar generally.

2.
n.

The computing official of an insurance company; one whose profession it is to calculate for insurance companies the risks and premiums for life, fire, and other insurances.


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